1826. Fact

It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.

1827. Fact

It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.

1828. Fact

It’s a common practice in southern India for a man to marry his elder sister’s daughter.

1829. Fact

It's a common practice in southern India for a man to marry his elder sister's daughter.

1830. Fact

It's against the law to burp or sneeze in a church in Omaha, Nebraska.

1831. Fact

It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas.

1832. Fact

It's illegal in Alabama to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.

1833. Body Facts

If you laid out the airways in your lungs in a long line they would stretch over 2,400 kilometres (1,500 miles).

1834. Fact

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

1835. Fact

J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.

1836. Body Facts

Roundworm is the most common gut parasite in the world. It looks rather like an earthworm, and you can catch it by eating food contaminated with faeces.

1837. Fact

Jackie Kennedy Onassis was secretly a chain smoker.

1838. Body Facts

Danish astronomer Tyco Brahe wore a metal nose because his own fell off after he suffered from the disease syphilis.

1839. Fact

Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.

1840. Body Facts

The longest tape worm ever found in a human was 33 metres (around 108 feet) long.

1841. Fact

Jimmy Hoffa's middle name is, appropriately, Riddle.

1842. Fact

John F. Kennedy's rocking chair was auctioned off for $442,000

1843. Fact

John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

1844. Fact

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

1845. Fact

Jumbo jets use 4000 gallons of fuel to take off .

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Hurricanes are always given names in order to make them easier to track. Their names always start with an "a" at the beginning of each year. In 1979, the women's movement pressured meteorologists to use both male and female names instead of just female names. Today, boy names are used on even numbered years and girl names on uneven ones.      .. More >>